Display-cabinet.



J, J. WETO-RI DISPLAY CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 19, m7.

Patented. Jan. 29, 1918.

JOSEPH J. WETOR, O RANDOM LAKE, WISCDNSIN.

DISPLAY- CABINET.

Application filed July 19, 1917.

and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Display-Cabinets; and I do hereby declarethat thefollowing is a full, clear and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in cabinets for displaying hats, caps, and other wearing apparel.

tion to. provide means in the form of a display cabinet which will enable a store keeper to easily and quickly ascertain at any timethe amount of stock of any particular kind'which he ha on hand, and in this way obviate the likelihood of his either becoming over stocked or running out of goods of any particular kind. This arrange ment is carried out by means of a cabinet in which the stock is visible, the same being segregated into different styles and sizes for convenience in both displaying the same and taking stock.

The minor objects of the present invention are to provide an improved arrangement whereby the different classes of goods on display in, the cabinet may be removed therefrom, and to provide means for retaining the articles, such as hats, in position on the trays or slides which are adapted to be withdrawn from the cabinet when the goods are being displayed to a customer.

With these and other objects in view the invention resides in the novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts which will be hereinafter more particularly described and claimed, and shown in the drawings wherein Figure 1 represents a front elevational view of the upper portion of a display cabinet having article holding means constructed in accordance with my invention disposed therein, and hats carried thereby.

Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1 with the hats removed.

Fig. 3 is a vertlcal sectional view on the plane of the line 33 of Fig. 2, and

Fig. d is a detail plan View of one of the trays or slides for holding hats or the like.

Upon more particular reference to the several figures of the drawing it will be seen Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 29 191%.

Serial No. 181,595.

that the numeral 1 denotes a cabinet preferably having an open or glass covered front being provided with a plurality of vertically spaced shelves 2, which are adapted to be adjusted vertically within the cabinet in the manner of ordinary bookcase shelves. They are, however, held against. outward move ment with respect to the walls of the cabinet. Each of the shelves is preferably formed of a rectangular frame 3 having transversely extending brace bars 4 which extend from the front to the rear of the It is in generalan object of this lnvencabinet.

On each ofthese shelves, which are of 1 any desired depth, are slidably disposed a number of'trays or slides 5 upon which the hats H, caps G, and other wearlng apparel. are placed. Each of the slides is also preferably in the form of an open-work frame having a central brace rib 6 extending from the front to the rear end thereof;

The sides 7 of the slides are preferably spaced apart a slight distance to permit the guide strips 8 to be-disposed therebetween.

Each of these guide strips is preferably formed from a single elongated sheet metal plate bent longitudinally upon itself and constructed so that theportion adjacent said bend forms a head 9. The free edges of the strips are then bent outwardly away from each other and substantially parallel to the 7 head 9, as shown at 10, and then bent laterally outwardly to procure the attaching flanges 11 which, when the strip is in pos1- tion, straddle one of the bars 4.

It will be seen from Fig. 3 that the main portions of the strips are substantially I-shaped in cross section, that is the distance between the head 9 and the base portions 10 is substantially equal to the thickness of the slides which are thereby held in operative position even though they are pulled outwardly to a considerable extent. Although the slides rest upon the base portions 10, it is obvious that they would also effectively Operate even though such base portions 10 were not used. In such case the strips would be substantially IF-shaped in cross section and the trays would slide upon the bars 4 of the shelves.

On the front end of each slide is secured a front piece 12 which forms a handle and also a place on which to conveniently disther, in case of the caps C the front pieces 12- serve to hold the'same thereon, said caps being prevented from sliding off the rear of the slide by any suitable form of frame work such as is shown at 13 in Fig. 1. The slides for the caps are also formed with a glass bottom if it is found that the single brace bar 6 Will not hold the same thereon. .When hats are displayed on the slides they are preferably held in position by means of the holders 1%, any number of which are arranged in alinement on the several slides. Each of these holders consists of a circular memberl5 formed of wire to which a pair of semi-circular members 16 are attached by their opposite ends. The members 16 preferably intersecteach other at right angles, as shown in Fig. 4, these members receiving the hats to support the same. The holders 14' are secured to the braces 60f the slides by means of the staples or other fastening means 17, the same being disposed over the circular members 15.

In addition to hats and caps, it is obvious that shirts and other articles of apparel may be conveniently displayed on the slides with- .out radically changing the construction thereof. In fact the means for slid-ably holding the trays to the shelves is the same regardless of the articles displayed thereon. In other Words, the construction. shown in Copies of this patent may be obtained for Fig. 3 is common to all of the shelves and slides used in the cabinet.

I claim 1. In a cabinet of the class described, a shelf comprising a plurality of spaced parallel bars, I-shaped strips a flange depending from each edge of the base of said strips, said flanges straddling the parallel bars and secured thereto, and a slide disposed between each pair of strips, said slides being held between the heads and bases of the strips.

2. In a cabinet of the class described, a shelf comprising a plurality of spaced parallel bars, a plurality of'spaced, parallel, I-shaped strips, each formed by bending an elongated plate longitudinally upon itself, bending the portion of the plate midway its longitudinal side edges and adjacent the line of its longitudinal bend to provide a 5 head, the free ends of the plate being bent to provide spaced attaching flanges to stra ddle'the parallel bars, and a slide disposed between each pair of strips, said slides being held between the heads and bases of said strips.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand at Random Lake, in the county of Sheboygan and State of Wisconsin.

JOSEPH J. WETOR.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Eatenta.

Washington, D. C. 

